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 ===== Reviews ===== ===== Reviews =====
  
-  * PC Gamer 19 (December 1995) - no further details ATM+  * PC Gamer 19 (December 1995) - written by Scott Wolf, brings up Andrew Wagster
   * [[https://archive.org/details/PC_Review_Issue_9_July_1992/page/n133/mode/2up?q=ZZT+game|PC Review Issue 11 (September 1992)]] - ZZT and (repeated) Super ZZT review on pages 134-135; ZZT gets Performance 8/10, Ease of Use 8/10   * [[https://archive.org/details/PC_Review_Issue_9_July_1992/page/n133/mode/2up?q=ZZT+game|PC Review Issue 11 (September 1992)]] - ZZT and (repeated) Super ZZT review on pages 134-135; ZZT gets Performance 8/10, Ease of Use 8/10
   * [[https://archive.org/details/PC_Review_Issue_9_July_1992/page/n133/mode/2up?q=ZZT+game|PC Review Issue 9 (July 1992)]] - Super ZZT review on page 133; Performance 9/10, Ease of Use 8/10   * [[https://archive.org/details/PC_Review_Issue_9_July_1992/page/n133/mode/2up?q=ZZT+game|PC Review Issue 9 (July 1992)]] - Super ZZT review on page 133; Performance 9/10, Ease of Use 8/10
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 ==== Tim Sweeney ==== ==== Tim Sweeney ====
  
-  * **[[https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132426/from_the_past_to_the_future_tim_.php?print=1|From The Past To The Future: Tim Sweeney Talks]]** - a 2009 Gamasutra interview by Benj Edwards, the most expansive interview with regards to ZZT+[[https://web.archive.org/web/20120723101424/http://www.team5150.com/~andrew/sweeney/files/tims_archive.zip|Archive of Tim Sweeney interviews and posts, covering a lot of data from 1995 to 2008]] 
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 +  * **[[https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/132426/from_the_past_to_the_future_tim_.php?print=1|From The Past To The Future: Tim Sweeney Talks]]** - a 2009 Game Developer interview by Benj Edwards, the most expansive interview with regards to ZZT 
 +  * **[[https://www.digitalmzx.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12521|Elig's Tim Sweeney interview]]** - 2007
   * **[[https://www.digitalmzx.com/if/herculesmeets-timsweeney.shtml|Hercules meets Tim Sweeney]]** - a 2000 interview focused entirely on ZZT   * **[[https://www.digitalmzx.com/if/herculesmeets-timsweeney.shtml|Hercules meets Tim Sweeney]]** - a 2000 interview focused entirely on ZZT
 +  * [[https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/classic-tools-retrospective-tim-sweeney-on-the-first-version-of-the-unreal-editor|Classic Tools Retrospective: Tim Sweeney on the first version of the Unreal Editor]] - 2018 Game Developer interview, mentions ZZT's relation to UnrealScript 
 +  * [[https://venturebeat.com/2012/01/20/epics-3d-graphics-wizard-tim-sweeney-says-business-and-technology-are-intricately-linked-interview/view-all/|Epic’s 3D graphics wizard Tim Sweeney says business and technology are “intricately linked”]] - January 20th, 2012; Venturebeat
 +  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20011121083307/http://www.tolstiy.ag.ru/what/sweeney.htm|2001 Tim Sweeney interview]] - Nov 21, 2001; Tolstiy's Place; mentions ZZT and z2 briefly
 +  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20000821164351/http://www.planetzztpp.com/interview.htm|1999 Tim Sweeney interview]] - May 25, 1999; conducted by Wouter; ZZT-focused
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 +==== Others ====
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 +  * [[http://www.zoilus.com/documents/2005/000631.html|Owen Pallett interview]] - 2005
  
 ===== Articles ===== ===== Articles =====
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   * [[https://www.polygon.com/2013/11/21/5128872/epic-classics-ships-last-copy-of-zzt|Epic Classics ships last copy of ZZT]] (Polygon, 21st November 2013)   * [[https://www.polygon.com/2013/11/21/5128872/epic-classics-ships-last-copy-of-zzt|Epic Classics ships last copy of ZZT]] (Polygon, 21st November 2013)
   * [[https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/358/great-moments-in-shareware-zzt|Great Moments in Shareware: ZZT]] (Vintage Computing & Gaming, 3rd September 2007)   * [[https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/358/great-moments-in-shareware-zzt|Great Moments in Shareware: ZZT]] (Vintage Computing & Gaming, 3rd September 2007)
 +  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20010728064119/http://www.justadventure.com/articles/JustASCII/09--ZZT/09.shtm|Just ASCII: Part Nine, ZZT]] (Just Adventure, 2001?)
 +  * (Hungarian) [[https://archive.org/details/alaplap_1990-2002/alaplap_1993-09/page/44|A csillagok háborúja I.]], about the history of Epic MegaGames and its rivalry with Apogee; mentions ZZT in three paragraphs (Alaplap 1993/09)
  
 ===== Books ===== ===== Books =====
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   * [[https://web.archive.org/web/19991010013339/http://www.epicgames.com/zzt.htm|Official Epic MegaGames ZZT free-of-charge release page]] (1997)   * [[https://web.archive.org/web/19991010013339/http://www.epicgames.com/zzt.htm|Official Epic MegaGames ZZT free-of-charge release page]] (1997)
 +    * [[https://web.archive.org/web/19971122042845/http://www.epicgames.co.uk/wwwboard/messages/13479.html|Freeware release announcement post]] (October 10th, 1997)
   * [[http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_84.pdf|Computer Gaming World #84]] (July 1991) - describes ZZT   * [[http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_84.pdf|Computer Gaming World #84]] (July 1991) - describes ZZT
 +  * [[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.programmer/c/5_kerwWEZMw/m/A9SnFD2wO-AJ|Tim Sweeney, "Games designers -- we publish games!"]] (October 1991) - mentions ZZT having earned $12k up until then
  
 ==== Tim Sweeney's Twitter posts ==== ==== Tim Sweeney's Twitter posts ====
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   * The first interview Tim Sweeney gave was for the German magazine "DOSshareware", issue 10/92; does it feature anything about ZZT, given the timing?   * The first interview Tim Sweeney gave was for the German magazine "DOSshareware", issue 10/92; does it feature anything about ZZT, given the timing?
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 +====== ZZT (Referenced) in the Media ======
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 +===== Video Games =====
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 +Note: Please don't list all the ZZT clones.
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 +  * Frog Fractions 2 features [[https://museumofzzt.com/article/201/an-interview-with-jim-crawford-frog-fractions-2-and-zzt|TXT WORLD!]].
 +  * VVVVVV features a "Sweeney's Maze" with enemies loosely inspired by the ZZT centipedes.
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